All the people moved forward like waves pushing ahead. But when they were approaching the cross in the street, they stopped suddenly and gathered into a semi-circle.

那三三两两的人，也忽然合作一堆，潮一般向前进；将到丁字街口，便突然立住，簇成一个半圆。

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This explains why the rowers who set out to cross the lake at night rowed in a circle.

这足可以说明这些在夜间出发去横渡湖面的划船手把船划行的路线划成了一个大圆圈的道理。

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This explains why the rowers who set out to cross the lake at night rowed in a circle.

本句翻译：这足可以说明这些在夜间出发去横渡湖面的划船手把船划行的路线划成了一个大圆圈的道理。

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Later in one of the yurts I sat in a cross-legged circle with a group of guests eating balls of rancid yak butter.

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